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Lexicon :: Strong's G2307 - thelēma

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θέλημα
Transliteration
thelēma (Key)
Pronunciation
thel'-ay-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the prolonged form of θέλω (G2309)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:52,318

Strong’s Definitions

θέλημα thélēma, thel'-ay-mah; from the prolonged form of G2309; a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination:—desire, pleasure, will.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x

The KJV translates Strong's G2307 in the following manner: will (62x), desire (1x), pleasure (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 64x
The KJV translates Strong's G2307 in the following manner: will (62x), desire (1x), pleasure (1x).

  1. what one wishes or has determined shall be done

    1. of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ

    2. of what God wishes to be done by us

      1. commands, precepts

  2. will, choice, inclination, desire, pleasure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θέλημα thélēma, thel'-ay-mah; from the prolonged form of G2309; a determination (properly, the thing), i.e. (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination:—desire, pleasure, will.
STRONGS G2307:
θέλημα, θελήματος, τό (θέλω), a word purely Biblical and ecclesiastical (yet found in Aristotle, de plant. 1, 1, p. 815b, 21); the Sept. for חֵפֶץ and רָצון; will, i. e.,
a. what one wishes or has determined shall be done (i. e. objectively, thing willed): Luke 12:47; John 5:30; 1 Corinthians 7:37; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 2 Timothy 2:26; Hebrews 10:10; Revelation 4:11; θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ is used — of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ, Acts 22:14; Ephesians 1:9; Colossians 1:9; of what God wishes to be done by us, Romans 12:2; Colossians 4:12 (Winer's Grammar, 111 (105)); 1 Peter 4:2; and simply τό θέλημα, Romans 2:18 (Winer's Grammar, 594 (553)) (Sir. 43:16 (17) (but here the better text now adds αὐτοῦ, see Fritzsche; in patristic Greek, however, θέλημα is so used even without the article; cf. Ignatius ad Rom. 1, 1 [ET]; ad Eph. 20, 1 [ET], etc.)); τοῦ κυρίου, Ephesians 5:17; plural commands, precepts: (Mark 3:35 WH. marginal reading); Acts 13:22 (Psalm 102:7 (Ps. 103:7); 2 Macc. 1:3); ἐστι τό θέλημα τίνος, followed by ἵνα, John 6:39; 1 Corinthians 16:12, cf. Matthew 18:14; followed by an infinitive, 1 Peter 2:15; by an accusative with an infinitive 1 Thessalonians 4:3. (Cf. Buttmann, 237 (204); 240 (207); Winers Grammar, § 44, 8.)
b. equivalent to τό θέλειν (i. e. the abstract act of willing, the subjective) will, choice: 1 Peter 3:17 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 604 (562)); 2 Peter 1:21; ποιεῖν τό θέλημα τίνος (especially of God), Matthew 7:21; Matthew 12:50; Matthew 21:31; Mark 3:35 (here WH marginal reading the plural, see above); John 4:34; John 6:38; John 7:17; John 9:31; Ephesians 6:6; Hebrews 10:7, 9, 36; Hebrews 13:21; 1 John 2:17; τό θέλημα (L T Tr WH βούλημα) τίνος κατεργάζεσθαι, 1 Peter 4:3; γίνεται τό θέλημα τίνος, Matthew 6:10; Matthew 26:42; Luke 11:2 L R; Luke 22:42; Acts 21:14; ἡ βουλή τοῦ θελήματος, Ephesians 1:11; ἡ εὐδοκία τοῦ θελήματος Ephesians 1:5; ἐν τῷ θελημάτω τοῦ Θεοῦ, if God will, Romans 1:10; διά θελήματος Θεοῦ, Romans 15:32; 1 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 8:5; Ephesians 1:1; Colossians 1:1; 2 Timothy 1:1; κατά τό θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, Galatians 1:4; (1 Peter 4:19); 1 John 5:14. equivalent to pleasure: Luke 23:25; equivalent to inclination, desire: σαρκός, ἀνδρός, John 1:13; plural Ephesians 2:3. (Synonym: see θέλω, at the end.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
102:7; 103:7
Matthew
6:10; 7:21; 12:50; 18:14; 21:31; 26:42
Mark
3:35; 3:35
Luke
11:2; 12:47; 22:42; 23:25
John
1:13; 4:34; 5:30; 6:38; 6:39; 7:17; 9:31
Acts
13:22; 21:14; 22:14
Romans
1; 1:1; 1:10; 2:18; 12:2; 15:32
1 Corinthians
1:1; 7:37; 16:12
2 Corinthians
1:1; 8:5
Galatians
1:4
Ephesians
1:1; 1:5; 1:9; 1:11; 2:3; 5:17; 6:6
Colossians
1:1; 1:9; 4:12
1 Thessalonians
4:3; 5:18
2 Timothy
1:1; 2:26
Hebrews
10:7; 10:9; 10:10; 10:36; 13:21
1 Peter
2:15; 3:17; 4:2; 4:3; 4:19
2 Peter
1:21
1 John
2:17; 5:14
Revelation
4:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2307 matches the Greek θέλημα (thelēma),
which occurs 62 times in 58 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 6:10–Heb 13:21)

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‘[fn]Your kingdom come.

Your will G2307 be done,

[fn]On earth as it is in heaven.

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“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will G2307 of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:50 - “For whoever does the will G2307 of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:14 - “So it is not the will G2307 [fn]of your Father who is in heaven for one of these little ones to perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - “Which of the two did the will G2307 of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes [fn]will get into the kingdom of God before you.

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He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass away unless I drink from it, Your will G2307 be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - “For whoever does the will G2307 of God, this is My brother, and sister, and mother.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:47 - “And that slave who knew his master’s will G2307 and did not get ready or act in accordance with his will G2307, will G2307 receive many blows,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:42 - saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will G2307, but Yours be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:25 - And he released the man for whom they were asking, who had been thrown into prison for a revolt and murder; but he handed Jesus over to their will G2307.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:13 - who were [fn]born, not of [fn]blood, nor of the will G2307 of the flesh, nor of the will G2307 of a man, but of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:34 - Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will G2307 of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:30

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“I can do nothing [fn]on My own. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is [fn]righteous, because I do not seek My own will G2307 but the will G2307 of Him who sent Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:38 - “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will G2307, but the will G2307 of Him who sent Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:39 - “And this is the will G2307 of Him who sent Me, that of everything that He has given Me I will lose nothing, but will raise it up on the last day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:40 - “For this is the will G2307 of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:17 - “If anyone is willing to do His will G2307, he will know about the teaching, whether it is of God, or I am speaking from Myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:31 - “We know that God does not listen to sinners; but if someone is [fn]God-fearing and does His will G2307, He listens to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22 - “After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My [fn]will G2307.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:14 - And since he would not be persuaded, we became quiet, remarking, “The will G2307 of the Lord be done!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:14 - “And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will G2307 and to see the Righteous One and to hear a [fn]message from His mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:10 - always in my prayers requesting if perhaps now, at last by the will G2307 of God, I will succeed in coming to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:18 - and know His will G2307 and [fn]distinguish the things that matter, being instructed from the Law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:2 - And do not be conformed to this [fn]world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may [fn]prove what the will G2307 of God is, that which is good and [fn]acceptable and perfect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:32 - so that I may come to you in joy by the will G2307 of God and relax in your company.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:1 -

Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ [fn]by the will G2307 of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:37 - But the one who stands firm in his heart, [fn]if he is not under constraint, but has authority [fn]over his own will G2307, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin, he will do well.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:12 -

Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly encouraged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire G2307 to come now, but he will come when he has the opportunity.

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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will G2307 of God, and our brother Timothy,

To the church of God which is at Corinth with all the [fn]saints who are throughout Achaia:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:5 - and this, not as we had [fn]expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will G2307 of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:4 - who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil [fn]age, according to the will G2307 of our God and Father,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:1 -

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus [fn]by the will G2307 of God,

To the [fn]saints who are [fn]at Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:5 - [fn]He predestined us to adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will G2307,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:9 - He [fn]made known to us the mystery of His will G2307, according to His good pleasure which He set forth in Him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:11 - [fn]In Him we also have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things in accordance with the plan of His will G2307,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:3 - Among them [fn]we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, [fn]indulging the desires G2307 of the flesh and of the [fn]mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:17 - Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will G2307 of the Lord is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:6 - not [fn]by way of [fn]eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will G2307 of God from the [fn]heart.

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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus [fn]by the will G2307 of God, and Timothy [fn]our brother,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:9

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For this reason we also, since the day we heard about it, have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the [fn]knowledge of His will G2307 in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:12 - Epaphras, who is one of your own, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may [fn]stand [fn]mature and [fn]fully assured in all the will G2307 of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:3 - For this is the will G2307 of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:18 - in everything give thanks; for this is the will G2307 of God for you in Christ Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:1 -

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus [fn]by the will G2307 of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:26 - and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive [fn]by him to do his will G2307.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:7 -

“THEN I SAID, ‘BEHOLD, I HAVE COME

(IT IS WRITTEN OF ME IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK)

TO DO YOUR WILL G2307, O GOD.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:9 - then He [fn]said, “BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL G2307.” He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:10 - By [fn]this will G2307, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:36 - For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will G2307 of God, you may receive [fn]what was promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:21 - equip you in every good thing to do His will G2307, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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